The plea has been filed by a Delhi resident who's asking for the quashing of an April 11 notification that restricts the movement of vehicles on the basis of odd-even registration numbers.TNN | April 19, 2016, 17:33 IST

The second phase of Delhi's odd-even traffic plan began on April 15 and is supposed to be in force for two weeks.

The plea has been filed by a Delhi resident who's asking for the quashing of an April 11 notification that restricts the movement of vehicles on the basis of odd-even registration numbers.

The High Court bench also issued a notice to the Delhi government asking it to file a status report on a second plea that asks that lawyers be exempt from the odd-even restrictions.

The court was hearing two petitions - one challenging the April 11 notification restricting movement of vehicles on the basis of odd-even registration numbers and another seeking exemption for lawyers from the scheme.

The court said that in an earlier order, it had asked the Delhi government to look into the issues raised by a group of lawyers in a petition they filed during the first phase of the odd-even scheme.

The court listed the lawyers' plea for further hearing on April 25.

The plea seeking exemption for lawyers, which was filed by advocate Rajiv Khosla, said they are entitled to be exempt as they assist courts in guarding the personal liberty and civil rights of citizens.

It also opposed the imposition of a Rs 2,000 as fine for violating the odd-even scheme, claiming that without proper amendments in the Motor Vehicles Act, the Delhi Government "cannot arbitrarily" fix a fine.